John Loder (landowner)

John Loder (c. 1726 – 1805) was a clergyman, landowner and founder of the Old Berkshire Hunt.

Reverend John Loder
John Loder 1726–1805
Bornc. 1726
Died31 May 1805

Family

Loder was a descendant of a family that were landowners at Princes Harwell in the time of Elizabeth I of England.

Education

He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) c. 1735–1742. He was M.A. Oriel College, Oxford.

Career

Loder was the hunting parson who established the Old Berkshire Hunt [1] at Hinton Manor, where the kennels were located from 1760 to 1814. Loder passed on the mastership in 1800, to his son-in-law Robert Symonds.[2]

He was rector of Hinton Waldrist and lord of the manors of Hinton and Longworth.[3] He was the owner of Balstone Park in Hinton Waldrist.[2]

He was a steward of the Old Abingdonian Club in 1758.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Object 13: Stewards of the OA Club". Abingdon School. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  2. "Village history". Hinton Waldrist.net.
  3. "Our Hounds". Old Berks Hunt.
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